17-year-old girl hurt in Pittstown Road, Franklin Township accident

FRANKLIN TWP. — A 17-year-old girl was driving a car that went off Pittstown Road (Route 615) and overturned, police said.

The accident on Wednesday, Feb. 12, around 2:40 p.m. resulted in apparent serious injury to the teen, who was flown by State Police NorthStar medical helicopter to St. Luke’s Hospital in Allentown, Pa. for treatment.

The girl was headed south on Pittstown Road and crossed over the center line, according to Detective Tim Snyder Jr. Another vehicle was traveling northbound and when the girl’s car got near the oncoming vehicle, she swerved to the right and her car left the roadway and overturned, police said. It came to rest in a wooded area and she was trapped in the car until rescue crews cut it open to extricate her.

Police gave the teen a summons for careless driving. State Troopers from the Kingwood station responded and assisted with traffic control. Quakertown Fire Company, its rescue squad and paramedics from Hunterdon Medical Center tended to the victim. Police did not release her name.